Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-01-18
NO. Is.
State News.
ANDRosCoG0IN.


LA Republi9ue" will be the name of s new
republican tri-weeky French paper 10 be
published in Lewiston--of which Mr. Victor
Boulanger, formerly of Worcester, will be
editor.
Seventy five doctors minister to the bodily
ills of people of Lewiston and Auburn
CUMBERLAND.
project is on foot to start a large door.
sash and blind manufactorv in Portland, the
largest IN the State. The manufactory would
give steady employment To two hundred men
and consume 1000 900 feet of lumber, an
nuslly The annual production would asgrs-
gate some $780, ,O00
Mr.. Samuel Baisdell of Cape Elizabeth
recently found on wharf in Portland a little
twelve-yesr old boy who had just come from
boston, having been sent away BY the rela-
tive with whom he had been living. reports
the Sentinel. He was very thinly clad and
half starved, with no place of shelter or
means to procure food. Mr. Blaisdell i'm
mediately took him in charge, and has since
kent him in his family. The bov gives his
name as Charles Johnson, and says his par
ents are dead
Hancock
{. c. Brown of East Bucksport, claims to
have the handsomest and most profitable
number There are 26 From % last sea-
son he clipped l44 lb. of wool. They stocked
Tor wool and lambs trfie over 81 apiece.
LINCOLN.
The following are the appointments of
deputy sheritfs for Lincoln county for 1878.
Seth Patterson, deputy and jaier, Wiscasset;
Chss. f. Choate, No. Whi,efeid; A. w
G,idden. Newcastle; Morrill GIidden Somer-
vile; Geo. w. Ellis, Bristol Post Office,
Pemaquid.
John Greenlesf of Edgecomb while at
work on the "run" on the Mutual Ice Co.'S
house, Dresden, was injured quite severely
Friday morning, by a block of ice striking
him and knocking him from the run. He fell
a distance of about 26 feet. His right
shoulder was dislocated and his leg severely
bruised His fellow workmen contributed
nearly $50 aud sent him home
OXFORD.
The dwelling house and stable of Mr.. Will
lard Cobb at East Stoneham we're burned tha
9th inst, together with the contents Of stable,
one COW and a calf. Part of the household
goods were saved. Mr.. Cobb WAS absent
from home at the time of the fire, which was
tirst discovered in the stable, reports the
Norway Advertiser.
PENoBsCoT.
Dexter Loan and Building Association is to
issue new series of shares. 1t has declared
dividend for six months at the rate of 6-7
per cent, per annum.
The store of Mr.. Bailey at Six Mile Falls,
Bangor. was broken into. Thursday night,
and some goods stolen. This is the third or
fourth time the same place has been entered
by burglars
Ralph, son Of Mr.. Eben X Storer of Lynn,
Mass formerly of Newport, was killed, re-
Gently, IN an elevator in a Lynn shoe factory.
where he was working during vacation. His
age was about fifteen years.
SOMERSET.
ST. ALBANs Our correspondent writes
Jan, II: The Hartland Railroad. having no
snow-plow, was delayed over FRIDAY night by
the drifts between lIartland aud Pittsfeld,
consequently We got no mail from FRIDAY
morning till Saturday night ere.-The two
Young men Frost brothers, W no were badly cut
while at work in the woods, and oroug It
home, are gaining slowly Two Of our prom
inent citizens, Messrs. Philbrick and Bonney,
are confined to the house by sckness.-The
Grange have installed their officers for the
ensuing year, and have entered upon their
several duties with renewed zeal. They are
comfortably convened in their new hall. and
their weekly sessions for the coming wear
will no doubt be interesting and profitable
WASHINGTON.
The Methodist society in East Machias,
through the efforts of Mrs. b. Pope
Of Boston has received an elegant pulpit
bible from the Methodist book
| concern, and also 80 new hymnals,
a New Years gift from the family
ofthe late Hon. NJ. J. Talbot. The church is
neatly furnished. A pulpit sent from Psine's
manufactory has lately been procured.